diff --git a/astroid/builder.py b/astroid/builder.py
index 24caa0c6e..f53c4297c 100644
--- a/astroid/builder.py
+++ b/astroid/builder.py
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ def file_build(self, path, modname=None):
             module, builder = self._data_build(data, modname, path)
             return self._post_build(module, builder, encoding)
 
-    def string_build(self, data, modname="", path=None):
+    def string_build(self, data, modname="", path=None, *, tree_rev: int | None = None):
         """Build astroid from source code string."""
-        module, builder = self._data_build(data, modname, path)
+        module, builder = self._data_build(data, modname, path, tree_rev)
         module.file_bytes = data.encode("utf-8")
         return self._post_build(module, builder, "utf-8")
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def _post_build(
         return module
 
     def _data_build(
-        self, data: str, modname, path
+        self, data: str, modname, path, tree_rev: int | None = None
     ) -> tuple[nodes.Module, rebuilder.TreeRebuilder]:
         """Build tree node from data and add some informations"""
         try:
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ def _data_build(
                 path is not None
                 and os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0] == "__init__"
             )
-        builder = rebuilder.TreeRebuilder(self._manager, parser_module, data)
+        builder = rebuilder.TreeRebuilder(
+            self._manager,
+            parser_module,
+            data,
+            tree_rev=tree_rev or AstroidManager.tree_rev,
+        )
         module = builder.visit_module(node, modname, node_file, package)
         return module, builder
 
@@ -265,7 +270,14 @@ def build_namespace_package_module(name: str, path: list[str]) -> nodes.Module:
     return nodes.Module(name, path=path, package=True)
 
 
-def parse(code, module_name="", path=None, apply_transforms=True):
+def parse(
+    code,
+    module_name="",
+    path=None,
+    apply_transforms=True,
+    *,
+    tree_rev: int | None = None,
+):
     """Parses a source string in order to obtain an astroid AST from it
 
     :param str code: The code for the module.
@@ -279,7 +291,7 @@ def parse(code, module_name="", path=None, apply_transforms=True):
     builder = AstroidBuilder(
         manager=AstroidManager(), apply_transforms=apply_transforms
     )
-    return builder.string_build(code, modname=module_name, path=path)
+    return builder.string_build(code, modname=module_name, path=path, tree_rev=tree_rev)
 
 
 def _extract_expressions(node):
diff --git a/astroid/const.py b/astroid/const.py
index 87682c942..4059c0836 100644
--- a/astroid/const.py
+++ b/astroid/const.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    from typing import Final
+else:
+    from typing_extensions import Final
+
 PY38 = sys.version_info[:2] == (3, 8)
 PY38_PLUS = sys.version_info >= (3, 8)
 PY39_PLUS = sys.version_info >= (3, 9)
@@ -33,3 +38,6 @@ class Context(enum.Enum):
 
 ASTROID_INSTALL_DIRECTORY = Path(__file__).parent
 BRAIN_MODULES_DIRECTORY = ASTROID_INSTALL_DIRECTORY / "brain"
+
+TREE_REV: Final = 1
+"""Default AST tree revision. Any update here is a breaking change!"""
diff --git a/astroid/manager.py b/astroid/manager.py
index 23330d5b9..5f82782b0 100644
--- a/astroid/manager.py
+++ b/astroid/manager.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from importlib.util import find_spec, module_from_spec
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar
 
-from astroid.const import BRAIN_MODULES_DIRECTORY
+from astroid.const import BRAIN_MODULES_DIRECTORY, TREE_REV
 from astroid.exceptions import AstroidBuildingError, AstroidImportError
 from astroid.interpreter._import import spec
 from astroid.modutils import (
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class AstroidManager:
         "_transform": TransformVisitor(),
     }
     max_inferable_values: ClassVar[int] = 100
+    tree_rev: ClassVar[int] = TREE_REV
 
     def __init__(self):
         # NOTE: cache entries are added by the [re]builder
diff --git a/astroid/rebuilder.py b/astroid/rebuilder.py
index e4f9ee5a1..84f2bff2c 100644
--- a/astroid/rebuilder.py
+++ b/astroid/rebuilder.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from astroid import nodes
 from astroid._ast import ParserModule, get_parser_module, parse_function_type_comment
-from astroid.const import IS_PYPY, PY38, PY38_PLUS, PY39_PLUS, Context
+from astroid.const import IS_PYPY, PY38, PY38_PLUS, PY39_PLUS, TREE_REV, Context
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes import NodeNG
 from astroid.nodes.utils import Position
@@ -61,9 +61,12 @@ def __init__(
         manager: AstroidManager,
         parser_module: ParserModule | None = None,
         data: str | None = None,
+        *,
+        tree_rev: int = TREE_REV,
     ) -> None:
         self._manager = manager
         self._data = data.split("\n") if data else None
+        self._tree_rev = tree_rev
         self._global_names: list[dict[str, list[nodes.Global]]] = []
         self._import_from_nodes: list[nodes.ImportFrom] = []
         self._delayed_assattr: list[nodes.AssignAttr] = []